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Long Distance Runner Inspirational Quotes (404)

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You need three things to win: discipline, hard work and, before everything maybe, commitment. No one will make it without those three. Sport teaches you that.
Haile Gebrselassie
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I train very hard, until I am sick. Sometimes I train like a foolish man who has no mind.
Hicham El Guerrouj
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There is magic in misery. Just ask any runner.
Dean Karnazes
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I like to make something beautiful when I run ... it's style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative.
Steve Prefontaine
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For me, as for so many runners, there really are no finish lines. Runs end running doesn't.
Dean Karnazes
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Sometimes parents limit the experiences their kids will have, saying they are going to fail they can't ride a bike or do sports.
Marla Runyan
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For me, the hardest part of an injury is watching the races go by that I had hoped to compete in. The only thing that makes it easier is thinking of how certain struggles make other accomplishments mean so much.
Dathan Ritzenhein
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Run in places you love with people you like. Enjoying your surroundings and training partners will strengthen your commitment to running and bring out the best in you.
Deena Kastor
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How did I know you ran a 4:30 mile in high school? That's easy. Everyone ran a 4:30 mile in high school.
Frank Shorter
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The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.
Juma Ikangaa
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Whenever I'm being invited to the New York City Marathon like today, I need to think twice because I know it's a very tough race.
Martin Lel
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How to run an ultramarathon ? Puff out your chest, put one foot in front of the other, and don't stop till you cross the finish line.
Dean Karnazes
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We move forward, but we must stay in the present.
Scott Jurek
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I love challenges and hurdles because they are opportunities.
Deena Kastor
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Reliable office staff come in the shape of mature married women working from 9.30 to 3.30 (inside school hours) during which they will do more than the 9-5ers.
Chris Brasher
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If you do what you did yesterday you'll be beaten. If you do today what others are doing you'll be competitive. To win you much be doing today what others will be doing tomorrow.
Robert de Castella
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You must do as your people do. If my people are poor, I must be poor. People ask me, 'Why don't you find a personal coach or a private car?' I can't. Then I won't be part of my people.
Haile Gebrselassie
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I used to run to school, 10k every day. And this at altitude, perfect preparation, really.
Haile Gebrselassie
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All that I am is because of my mind.
Paavo Nurmi
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Running well is a matter of having the patience to persevere when we are tired and not expecting instant results.
Robert de Castella
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Don't be ashamed or embarrassed to dream big. You're living your life with hope, that's a powerful thing.
Kara Goucher
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I have seen things few of my countrymen have. The first time I went on an aeroplane I couldn't work out how the lavatories worked up in the sky.
Haile Gebrselassie
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I used to say that the newspapers were tomorrow's fish and chip paper, but I didn't really mean it I could still be hurt by what they said. After Athens, I just didn't care.
Paula Radcliffe
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The hardest step for a runner to take is the first one out the door.
Ron Clarke
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